Dignoscentia

An innocent man asks for God’s help in this psalm. There are common elements with other psalms here, but what is uncommon is found in verses 13-15: “… Yahweh, from mortals, by your hand, from mortals whose part in life is in this world. You fill their bellies from your store, their children will have [...]

Acum am sa va povestesc un vis. Nu stiu daca pot sa-l numesc ciudat sau interesant. Se facea ca eram intr-un tunel de metrou foarte abrupt impreuna cu mama, sora si fratele mai mic. Eu, vrand sa ma grabesc am luat-o inainte reusind sa ma pierd de ei. Le puteam auzi vocea in departare insa [...]

“My birthright, my cup is Yahweh,” David writes in verse 5. It is interesting how he regards his relationship with God. He sees it as his inheritance. Leaving aside Levitical implications, it is worth it to think how we have a sinful nature by birth - since we are born in sin - and how [...]

A righteous man cries out for justice in this psalm, and in the end he gets it. I wonder, how many of us are able to say with confidence, like David does in verses 3-5, that injustice has never stained our hands? Oh, I’m not talking about criminal deeds, I’m talking about things like gossping [...]

How futile are all of the efforts of people, put together! What this psalm makes clear is that no matter what we do, God’s will prevails in the end. Kings and princes may “plot together against Yahweh and His anointed,” yet God will “break them, shatter them like so many pots.” There is nothing we [...]

David protests his blamelessness here, and does an eloquent job of it. But are any of us really blameless? Not really. We’re all sinners except Christ.
We don’t know when this psalm was written, but of course we know David did plenty of bad things in his life - I hope that I would not have [...]

How can anyone not love Psalm 23? It’s one of the best known psalms, and it’s not hard to see why! It’s music to my ears! The best-loved verse is 4, of course: “Even were I to walk in a ravine as dark as death I should fear no danger, for you are at my [...]